Outstanding presentation covering the geology and paleontology involved with the Cambrian Explosion. Sorry this video has subtitles (not if it is in your language! Russian?) but it is the only full length version I could find. Highly recommended for ages 12 and up – especially high school and college ages will benefit.
“The Cambrian Explosion occurred in a geological moment, and we have reason to think that all major anatomical designs may have made their evolutionary appearance at that time. …not only the phylum Chordata itself, but also all its major divisions, arose within the Cambrian Explosion. So much for chordate uniqueness… Contrary to Darwin’s expectation that new data would reveal gradualistic continuity with slow and steady expansion, all major discoveries of the past century have only heightened the massiveness and geological abruptness of this formative event…” (Gould, Stephen J., Nature, vol. 377, October 1995, p.682.) “
The word kind is used five times in the above passage. It is translated from the Hebrew word miyn (pronounced meen) = to portion out; a sort; i.e. species. All fossils and life forms exhibit attributes that are fully functional. There is not one, not one, example of a transitional form anywhere – living – or in the fossil record.
The missing links are still missing. The current evolutionary theories include “gradualistic evolution,” “punctuated equilibrium,” and “panspermia.” The true believers of each of these beliefs have yet to provide any evidence.
When speaking of evolution – there are two viewpoints to consider. Macro-evolution requires the development of one kind or genus of animal, into another completely different kind. Case in point – the idea that reptiles evolved into birds. Scales into feathers, teeth into beaks, solid bones into hollow ones – and last but not least – front legs into wings!!
But the other view point – that of micro-evolution, is evidenced in every life form on earth today. Micro-evolution is the variation within specie, providing for distinct and separate qualities. This is natural selection – and it has never been documented to provide new genetic material. It demonstrates the loss of genetic material.
The most obvious example we can use here – is the astonishing variety of dog breeds, which have been artificially selected, as opposed to natural selection – but the same principle applies.
No other genus in the world has as much variation as the dog “kind.” Our loving Creator has used man’s best friend, to teach us a truth that can be so plainly seen by anyone. A toy poodle will never turn into, or give birth to an African wild dog – yet they are both 100% dog kind. The small poodle has had the ability to breed a wild dog – “selected out” of its gene pool. The same goes for “Darwin’s finches.” Variations in bill size and feather striation is due to micro evolution – they are all still 100% finch. My husband has curly hair, mine is straight. Two of our children have my hair, one has a combination – yet they are obviously our progeny. Should the straight haired ones marry another straight haired person, their chance of producing a curly haired child would be 1 out of four. If that same scenario plays out for 2-3 more generations, the gene for curly hair will be lost. Natural selection does not produce new genetic material, but rather the loss of genetic material.
The Vine Vigil 
